Quote:
Thursday, October 30, 2014
You are reading from the book Today's Gift
You have three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up and be friends.
—John Knoblauch
Once there were four sixth-graders - two boys and two girls - who started to fight even though they'd been friends for years. One morning at the bus stop, the boys started playing keep-away with the girls' shoes and wouldn't give them back. One of the mothers called the school.
Later that day, the counselor called them in and asked them what the fight was all about. They said they didn't really know.
"Well," said the counselor, "it doesn't really matter why you started fighting. Right now, you've got three choices: keep on fighting, ignore each other, or make up."
The group chose to ignore each other, after discussing it among themselves. They were happy to be able to stop fighting. About the time of winter vacation, they decided to be friends again.
What conflicts can I resolve by letting them be?
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Most of them, especially when I ask myself, "How important is it?"
I was told to say, "This is what I heard you say, and this is what I took it to mean, is that what you meant and/or wanted to say?"